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Herlene Budol withdraws from Miss Planet International, manager says

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Photo from Herlene Budol" s="" Instagram="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/11/12/20221112-herlene-budol.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo from Herlene Budol&#x27;s Instagram account.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Binibining Pilipinas 2022 1st runner-up Herlene Budol withdrew from the Miss Planet International pageant, her manager said Friday.</p><p>&quot;Due to uncertainties by the organizers, I have decided to withdraw Herlene Hipon Budol from the competition despite numerous attempts to fix some pageants debacles. It seems like the Ugandan Government has no initiative to intervene,&quot; Wilbert Tolentino said in a Facebook post.</p><p>&quot;We apologize to the supporters, who were rooting for us since day one. To the team, sponsors, and designers. Thank you and I am sorry. Thank you to the Filipino community in Uganda for the comfort and well wishes. Especially to Yiga Ventures, Hassan Yiga (and) Rama-dhan Kimbugwe and his team for protecting and keeping my queen, Herlene, and her team safe,&quot; he added.</p><p>&quot;For me as, MPP National Director, I am very hurt, Not only we lost a crown, lost of money, lost of effort; but lost of time (but) we will never lose hope because we have a bright future back home awaits. This is indeed a traumatic experience for all of us, but we fought for it until the end. And that is our mission.&quot;</p><p>Budol fell short of winning a crown in the 2022 Binibining Pilipinas coronation night, as she was named first runner-up aside from winning most of the minor awards. </p><p>Nonetheless, she was chosen to represent the country in Miss Planet International and BPCI has already expressed its full support to Budol’s campaign in the pageant. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/10/10/22/bb-pilipinas-supports-hipon-girls-miss-planet-stint">Bb. Pilipinas shows support for Herlene Budol&#x27;s Miss Planet International stint</a></li></ul><p>&quot;She is ready to conquer the solar system. Let us all give our support to Herlene on her journey to bring home our first Miss Planet International crown,&quot; the organization said last month.</p><p>Miss Planet International will be held on November 19 in Kampala, Uganda.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2014187" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Binibining Pilipinas 2022 1st runner-up withdrew from the Miss Planet International pageant, her manager said Friday.